Crazy Coconut Competition
Our house is crazy about coconuts! Coconut and coconut products are the biggest trend right now. Are you up with it? Have you read my post, A beginner’s guide to coconut oil ? Right, get on over and read that and come back. It is a staple in our house – we use it for so many things. It’s a cheap, natural alternative to many skin care products as well as being fabulously healthy in your cooking. We tried out several brands but we settled on Nature Pacific’s Banaban brand as our coconut oil...
Read MoreHealthy Chocolate Tart
Today I am welcoming the gorgeous Alison from Relauncher to share a fabulous healthy chocolate recipe with us. She has created this amazing raw, vegan tart which would finish off an Easter feast perfectly and give you a nice hit of chocolate! Vital stats: sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, egg free, full of love and happiness Okay, so this is what you need: Crust 2 cups activated mixed nuts 3 tablespoons organic coconut oil 1 1/4 cups dessicated coconut 2 tablespoons organic cacao powder 8 dates...
Read MoreCoconut Vegetable Biriyani
Hooray! I finally found the recipe (after I cleaned up my office) on a tiny scrap of paper, covered in spices. I really had to make an effort to write this one down. I usually just go by feel with this and make it up as I go along. Anyway, it’s one of our family’s favourite recipes. Even the kids love it. We eat vegetarian every second night, so this is a quick and easy one to have in the repertoire. It’s very adaptable – throw in whatever veges you have in the fridge. It also works well...
Read MoreHealthy Valentine’s Day Chocolate
The Natural New Age Dad is quite fond of a bit of chocolate, so I thought I would make him a healthy, home-made version for Valentine’s Day. It’s got that extra special ingredient – love! ♥♥♥ I bought Sarah Wilson’s book, I Quit Sugar last week and her ‘Raspberry Ripple’ recipe caught my eye. Yes, I changed it a bit and thermified it too. Okay, so this is what you need: 1/2 cup or 100g organic Banaban coconut oil 1/3 cup or 50g organic butter (I think it would work just fine...
Read MoreReally Healthy Chocolate Crackles!
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ‘regular’ chocolate crackles are bad news! The sugar, the hydrogenated copha, the rice bubbles! eeek! One of our natural new age mums, Kat was telling me how she made chocolate crackles with coconut oil (genius!). So, I thought I would give it a crack (oh yes, that pun was intended!) over the weekend. I roughly followed a chocolate crackle recipe, just adding in better quality, healthy ingredients. The result is deeeeeeelicious and very similar tasting to...
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